Pandemic shutdowns brought ‘environmental quality’, aggravated inequalities – Zero
Shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic enabled an increase in environmental quality but there also was a rise in social inequality, Portuguese environmental association Zero warned on Sunday. In a
Portuguese school children help take climate struggle to European Court of Human Rights
The bid – supported by Portuguese schoolchildren – to sue countries failing to protect the planet from climate change has finally been accepted by the European Court of Human Rights.
Guterres warns threat of climate change “much bigger than pandemic”
UN secretary-general António Guterres has delivered a searing assessment of the international response to climate change, stressing that its threat is “much bigger than the threat of pandemic”. At a
Government to invest €1.7 million evaluating Portugal’s ‘vulnerability’ to climate change
At a point where dams and other water sources are massively depleted in the southern region, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, minister for the environment and climate action has signed off
Tavira climate change march
Why we need to save the Centro de Experimentação Agrária de Tavira (CEAT) Citizens, residents and students from Tavira will march in unity on Friday, March 13 to protest against
Portugal leading the way on climate change
Portugal’s Minister of Sea declared that the country is at the “frontline of climate action” and wants to “lead the world in the right direction” at the opening ceremony of
Top scientists meet in Faro to work on major climate change report
This weekend marks the start of a meeting between around 260 climate change specialists from 60 countries who will be coming together at the University of Faro in the Algarve
Coastal crisis looming – sea levels rising faster than expected
Latest estimates warn that many coastal cities, towns, villages and resorts in mainland Portugal are likely to become increasingly vulnerable to flooding or total destruction by sea levels that are
“Worst position ever”: Portugal falls eight slots in climate change combat ranking
Portugal has fallen eight slots in the global ranking for ‘performance in the combat against climate change’. The alert has been sounded by environmental NGO Quercus which says that Portugal
Top scientists to gather in Faro to work on major climate change report
Around 300 climate change specialists from around the world will be gathering in the Algarve between January 27 and February 1 to work on a report about the impact of